Commodity-advertising device



Aug 28, 1 923.

C. S. CLARK COMMODITY ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed March -10 1923 Patented Aug; .28,

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COMMODITY-ADVERTISING Application fled alarm 10,

To allwhomit mag concern:

Be it known that I CHARLES S. CLARK, a citizen of the United tates, residing at New York, in the'county of New York and State 6 of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Commodity-Advertising Devices, of which the following:

'fication. 4 This invention relates to those devices 10 which aredesigned for the purpose of advertising commodities and food products that are packed in glass jars.

Packing companies (pack bacon, jam, jel? lies, fruits, candies an the like products in glass jars covered with'metallic caps.

The object of this invention is'to provide a ve simple and cheap means which can be readi y applied to the ars re larly used in trade for such purpose an that may be connected with the ordinary electric light outlet for producing an illuminated package similating the genuinely filled package.

' This object is attained b the standard jar a lining 0 paper or other fabric printed or otherwise ornamented with a repress tation of the particular goods as commonly'packed in the ar and to which attention is desired. to be called, and applying an electric lamp to the stock ca for that so jar, in such manner that when t e cap is sealed on the jar in the customary we the lamp lobe W111 bewithin the jar an the screw base for the attachment of the electric light circuit will be on theexterior of the 85 cap, so that an ordinarybe readily connected and when the current is turned on and the lamp is lighted thejar will'appear to contain the regular goods. illuminated.

40 In the accompanyingdrawings Figure 1 shows a side view of-a package representing a well known brando goods, made up-accordin to this invention. Fig. 2 shows a centre -verticalsection of the same. 7

The jar 1 is made of glass and is illus- V trated in a form regularly used in commerce in large quantities for containing bacon,

jams ellies and thevlike food products b; a

well known packing company. The cap is ac stamped from s eetmetal and is shown in is a .speciany other desired commodit providing for screw t the regular stockcaps lighting circuit may fitted within the jar,

192s. Serial at, $94,189.

the shape of the stock cap provided for such jars. Thesejars have a shoulder 3 around theoutside a little below the rim 4 and on this shoulder, when the jars are used for containing genuine goods, is a yielding gasket 5. The cap has a flaring ski-rt 6-that fits upon the asket and when air is exhausted from the interior of the jar, as is common I OFFICE.

canines s. cmnx, or new roux, n. Y.

insealing'these jars, atmospheric pressure on the exter or of the cap causes theskirt to compress the gasket and make a tightjoint. V

In carrying out this inventio n a lining 7 of paper or other fabric is shaped to fit within the jar. This lining is printed or ornamented, desirably in colors, in any suitable way so as to represent the actual goods which are ordinarily packed in the jar. the drawings the lining is designed to represent a quantity of bacon in the jar. course theli-ning could be printed to depict which is comfound in the jar. e cap is perfo rate and fitted in the opening is an incandescent electric" lamp base 8. I The lamp is arranged so that when the cap is on the jar the globe 9 will be monl of the cap m positlon to receive a common formof attachment socket. v

As stated the jar isone of the regular commercial jars inlarge narily packed quantities for containing commodities and the cap is one of. provided for such jars The lining pictures thegoods that are ordit in the-jars. -When',the lamp within the jar and the readed shell will be '-on the ,outside' is lighted the 'packageappears. to be a reg lar commercial ackage with genuine illuminated.

and. no special caps are made necessary.-

The common cap 1p-aii'ovided with the ordinary:

lamp can be app ed to any of the jars 'of the type for-which it is designed.

. The invention claimed is':--

1. A device for advertising commodities which comprises a glass ]ar,-a-l1ning said lining" being ornamented to picture a contained mass ,of food, a metallic cap ing the ar, and an incandescent electric fitted upon and clos- 0 special jars are, required; a .00. V

lamp attached to and supported by the cap with the globe of the lamp inside of the lining and the threaded shell outside of the cap. 2. A device for advertising commodities .Which comprises a glass jar, a paper lining fitted Within the jar, said lining being ornaincense mented to picture it contained commodity, a -metallic cap fitted upon and closing the jar,

and an incandescent electric lamp extending 10 through and secured to the cap with the globe within the lining and the threaded shell of the lamp on the outside of the cap.

CHARLES S. CLARK, 

